I caught a Drive promo yesterday - don't ask me which one or what it was one during, I have no idea. The point is, it looked fun and made me want to watch the show.
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
-t - Mar 27, 2007 8:13:27 am PDT #4797 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Monique - Mar 27, 2007 8:17:51 am PDT #4798 of 10001
don't ask me which one or what it was one during
What's funny is, it could have been one of three promos! A new one premiered during Prison Break, the one that first debuted last week aired during 24, and the old stand-by with Corinna's narration ran during The Riches.
I like the two new ones, myself. One brings in the funny, while the previous ones have been ALL DRAMA. Which, hey, the drama is good, but the drama plus the funny is even better.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 27, 2007 8:20:00 am PDT #4799 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Was the new one the one where NF's car stalled out just as it looked like they were going to go roaring off?
Zenkitty - Mar 27, 2007 8:21:46 am PDT #4800 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Have any of the promos featured explosions? Because, really, those draw a crowd.
Monique - Mar 27, 2007 8:23:51 am PDT #4801 of 10001
That one debuted last week; the newest one opens by cutting between characters' dialog in such a way that we still get the show setup that has been done by Mr. Bright and Corinna in previous promos.
Kevin - Mar 27, 2007 8:25:46 am PDT #4802 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Articles have been limited, same with blog mentions. For trailers going out to 30 million odd people, I'd expect (or rather, hope) to see more mention of them online, but at the minute it's dribs and drabs, mainly from people who also mention Nathan. More print press and such will come, though.
I think they're on the right path in most ways, but it's difficult to gauge if the concept is catching the publics imagination. Gut feeling from what I've seen so far is that it isn't standing out to people. But I'd love to be wrong.
DCJensen - Mar 27, 2007 8:27:31 am PDT #4803 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I half expect Drive to have an opening statement ala The A-Team, with a serious-voiced man stating something like:
"Some are drawn by the money, some are in it for fun. One is trying to find someone he lost, but all are here to... Drive!"
t Cue A-Team theme
Allyson - Mar 27, 2007 9:13:40 am PDT #4804 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Since it isn't a cult show, I have no idea what you're arguing.
The net matters very little. Like, it's a smudge. It's getting advertised on NASCAR, for fuck's sake.
Back off on the handwringing, Chicken Little. You're coming at this solely from your experience with cult television from an internet standpoint. You're seeing things from the perspective of someone outside the states, who isn't soaking in the promotion.
It's either going to be a smash hit, or it won't. And its success will have nothing to do with livejournal.
Stephanie - Mar 27, 2007 9:24:10 am PDT #4805 of 10001
Trust my rage
I have no horse in this race, but that comes across as pretty harsh.
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 9:24:36 am PDT #4806 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm with Stephanie. I was trying to figure out what to say.